Today we have 22 new high resolution photos from Bryan Singer’s (Valkyrie, X-Men: First Class) Jack The Giant Slayer, a modern day fairy tale in which the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened, as a young farmer leads an expedition into the giants’ kingdom in hopes of rescuing a kidnapped princess.

Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend—and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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Nerdist debuted the new trailer for DC’s next animated feature, Superman: Unbound, inspired by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank‘s 2008 Action Comics storyline ‘Brainiac.’ This feature will be released in June as part of a promotion for the theatrical release of The Man of Steel.

After Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjoberg’s visually innovative, Cannes Grand Prix-winning adaptation released in 1951, Ingmar Bergman’s muse Liv Ullmann will next direct an adaptation of August Strindberg‘s battle-of-the-sexes play Miss Julie that will star Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell.

Samantha Morton (Minority Report) is on board to co-star.

Strindberg’s renowned 1888 play Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when a wealthy businessman’s daughter falls for her father’s bitter servant.

Chastain, who is up for an Academy Award for the role in Zero Dark Thirty can be currently seen in the successful horror film Mama.

The Irish Film Board has announced Farrell’s nomination for a Best Actor award for his role in Seven Psychopaths. Irish superstar is currently filming A Winter’s Tale for Warner Bros. and his other upcoming projects include Saving Mr. Banks and Dead Man Down with Noomi Rapace.

The last feature the multihyphenate Ullmann directed was 2000s Swedish film Faithless. She has been recently directing Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton onstage in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’.

Family Guy and Ted creator Seth Macfarlane sure is busy lately – he is hosting this year’s 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in a few weeks and reuniting with Ted stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis on a sequel to his successful feature directorial debut later this year.

However, in between those ventures – and obligations to his animated TV comedy series Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show – MacFarlane will be directing and starring in his sophomore theatrical effort, A Million Ways to Die in the West. It appears that Charlize Theron is currently in final negotiations.

MacFarlane is directing A Million Ways… from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, having previously collaborated on the Ted script and worked alongside each other as voice actors, writer and co-showrunners on Family Guy. Heat Vision summarized the plot like this:

['A Million Ways...'] follows a sheepish farmer who chickens out of a gunfight and sees his girlfriend leave him. When he meets the wife of a notorious outlaw who offers to teach him how to shoot, the farmer at first sees a chance to win back his love but slowly falls for the woman. Complications ensue when the outlaw returns and reclaims his woman.

The reports don’t specify for which role Theron is bidding, but it’s safe to conclude that she’s playing the “wife of a notorious outlaw” role. It’s a welcome change of pace for the gorgeous Oscar-winner, whose comedy work over the past decade has fallen on the bitingly-dark and satirical side (Hancock, Young Adult), as opposed to the sort of button-pushing dialogues and scenes MacFarlane is known for.

Unfortunately, this could mean she’s passing on P.T. Anderson’s Inherent Vice, as the respective projects are preparing to begin shooting around the same time this spring.

A Million Ways to Die in the West is already being compared with Mel Brooks’ western parody, Blazing Saddles, as MacFarlane’s film is likewise expected to spoof and deconstruct the genre’s conventions for comedic effect (while examining their implications from a modern social perspective). Brooks’ fondness for those old western tropes allowed Blazing Saddles to remain a cherished comedy title, much like MacFarlane’s good-natured feelings about contemporary man-boy mentality make Ted funny and touching entertainment for many people (and his sharp critique and mockery – which is what I love most about his work – obviously also find their way to offending some).

Knowing all that, I can honestly say that I can’t wait to see this piece!

A Million Ways to Die in the West begins filming in May, with expectance to reach theaters by summer 2014.

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Cody Horn has signed on to star alongside Maria Bello and Frank Grillo in the Untitled James Wan Thriller for Dimension. The film is being directed by Will Cannon and produced by Wan and Lee Clay.

Wan wrote the story that revolves around a police officer (Grillo) and a psychologist (Bello) investigating the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon a ghost. Horn, who enjoyed a breakout year with star turns in Magic Mike and End of Watch, will play a ghost hunter.

Now without lettering and graininess of a magazine scan, the first official Thor: The Dark World production photo, with Alan Taylor directing armored Chris Hemsworth on set, surrounded by Asgardian Einherjars, has emerged online.

Although on-location filming in London provided a great deal of quality photos from the sequel’s production, Disney/Marvel decided to present an official behind-the-scenes photo to Empire for their latest issue.

Magazine scans first revealed the photo earlier this week along with new story details, but now it has surfaced in original quality. Check it out:

Synopsis:

Marvel Studios’ Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

After the Super Bowl spot preview we posted earlier today and in anticipation of the full Iron Man 3 TV spot that will air during Super Bowl XLVII this Sunday, February 3rd, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures have released a new poster featuring Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) ‘fall from grace’.

Check out this cool new hi-res image, which teases the millionaire-genius Avenger’s downfall at the hands of the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley):

Director Bryan Singer has ‘reactivated’ his Twitter account lately, in order to share the latest updates on X-Men: Days of Future Past with the fans, even confirming earlier this week that Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde), Anna Paquin (Rogue), and Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) have signed on to reprise their roles from previous sequels.

Today, the filmmaker has shared one of the immense set designs he is working on, while in pre-production in Montreal. While he wouldn’t specifically say which set this is, you can check it out below and guess for yourself:

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The live-action Warcraft movie was in development for quite some time with Sam Raimi tapped to direct since 2009. The film based on the ultra-popular online role-playing game ‘ World of Warcraft’ looked like it was dead in the water last summer when Raimi departed for Oz the Great and Powerful.

Legendary Pictures then brought screenwriter Charles Leavitt to provide a rewrite on the script which was initially penned by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) . Now comes word that son of none other than David Bowie, Duncan Jones (Source Code) has been tapped to take the helm for a planned fall 2013 production start.

Furthermore, online rumors linking Johnny Depp to star in upcoming Jones‘ Warcraft movie. Take it with a grain of salt for now.